{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"American Forces Use 50 Caliber Weapons in Afghan Cities","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4830.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4830.html'\u003EAmerican Forces Use 50 Caliber Weapons in Afghan Cities\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the favorite new American weapons in their fight against the Taliban is the .50 caliber sniper rifle.  The .50 caliber round is a huge bullet.  It has five times the weight of an ordinary NATO 7.62 mm round, with six times the energy and with very similar velocity of 900 meters per second.  It is being used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan.  It was reported that a NATO sniper armed with the .50 caliber rifle killed a Taliban soldier from a distance of 2,430 meters (almost two and a (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}